{"id":237265,"date":"2012-12-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/vision-2020-unattainable-without-infrastructural-development\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T23:00:00","slug":"vision-2020-unattainable-without-infrastructural-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/08\/vision-2020-unattainable-without-infrastructural-development\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vision 2020 unattainable without infrastructural development\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"story-featured-image c6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/President-Goodluck-Jonathan-360x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bigstoryimage\" alt=\"President Goodluck Jonathan\" title=\"President Goodluck Jonathan\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"featured-image-caption\"><small><em>| credits:<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c7\">The current level of infrastructure deficit in the country has been identified as one of the major constraints, which may hinder the target of becoming one of the 20 largest economies by the year 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">This was the view canvassed by the President, International Facilities Management Association, Nigeria chapter, Mr. Tony Ezeaku, who speaking at the second awards night of the association in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">He pointed out that unless something urgent was done to reinvigorate infrastructural facilities such as roads, power, energy, among others, the much sought economic development might be a mirage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">He said, \u201cTo keep the rate of decline from deepening, there must be a way to sustain the existing stock of infrastructure while expeditiously working on needed shortfall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">Speaking on the theme, \u2018Facility management: The sustainable alternative for national infrastructural development\u2019, he observed that across Africa, infrastructural challenges accounted for an average of two per cent decline in economic growth per annum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">While he recognised the flickers of infrastructural development in Lagos State, Ezeaku hoped for a healthy infrastructural rivalry among the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c7\">He stated, \u201cIn order for Nigeria to achieve her growth goals of becoming the biggest economy in Africa, as well as one of the top 20 countries in the world by 2020, the country will need to undergo an unprecedented level of infrastructure overhaul and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"display-counter\" data-source=\"http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/wp-content\/themes\/punch\/lib\/counter.php?postid=77948&amp;server=http:\/\/198.101.148.38\/\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.punchng.com\/business\/vision-2020-unattainable-without-infrastructural-development\/\" title=\"\u2018Vision 2020 unattainable without infrastructural development\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Vision 2020 unattainable without infrastructural development\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| credits: The current level of infrastructure deficit in the country has been identified as one of the major constraints, which may hinder the target of becoming one of the 20 largest economies by the year 2020. 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